Hope For Hines To Offer Hope For OthersSteve Novotney May 3, 2017There’s a big difference between living with “no evidence of disease” and enjoying remission from cancer, and that is something...
The Tunnel Mysteries – Top Mill & Mount WoodSteve Novotney April 28, 2017It gets darker, cooler, and the air thins with each step toward the section of Mount Wood Tunnel that has...
Unity Center Provides Path to RecoverySteve Novotney April 28, 2017It says what it says above the main door into the Unity Center in Center Wheeling – “Leave Your Ego...
Mayor Eyes Compassion for WheelingSteve Novotney April 26, 2017It is about a change in the mindset of local government that alters the citizen experience because people are treated...
Loft Living Alive in Downtown DistrictSteve Novotney April 23, 2017One housed a mega-popular retail store and the other was so industrial a train traveled through it when necessary, and...
Historic Footbridge Alive With MemoriesSteve Novotney April 22, 2017Once upon a long time ago the Buch & Donavan Drug Store, the Rose Bowl, the Minute Market, and Ye...
Officials Studying Reuse of Old Wheeling LandfillSteve Novotney April 21, 2017It is a swath of acreage most know nothing about and nearly no one has ever seen because it’s a...
Wheeling Art Lovers’ Palettes To Get Real TreatSteve Novotney April 19, 2017It is an event that represents a chance for enthusiasts of the local arts scene to gain an insider perspective...
Wheeling Hill’s Windmill Will Churn AgainSteve Novotney April 16, 2017It was The Windmill, and it will be The Windmill once again. That means its four unfurled sails will rotate...
Baseball in Wheeling – Chapter 2Steve Novotney April 15, 2017(Editor’s Note: This introduction is the third entry of a series of stories that will focus on the history of...
Creek Floats Going MainstreamSteve Novotney April 14, 2017“Staza” does the navigating, and he follows the lead as this “man-and-his-dog” partnership float their way down Big Wheeling Creek....
Fitzsimmons Dog Park Nearing CompletionSteve Novotney April 12, 2017The land has been sculpted, the posts set, and soon the fencing will go up, and the grass will be...
Scenes Seen in Wheeling – Part 1Steve Novotney April 9, 2017If residents of Wheeling refuse to take their surroundings for granted, then they can experience some unusual sights in all...
Kennel Owners Uncertain About Their FutureSteve Novotney April 7, 2017UPDATE: West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice did veto Senate Bill 437 today in Wheeling and now the legislation will initially...
Park Players, with Legacy Members, to Present ‘Cinderella’Steve Novotney April 7, 2017Mom was involved with the Park Players and was a member of the record-setting speech and debate team at Wheeling...
Greyhounds Vital To Wheeling’s RenaissanceSteve Novotney April 4, 2017The Senate voted 19-15. The House of Delegates voted 56-44. And now Senate Bill 437, legislation that would eliminate the...
Ponzani’s Makes Landscaping Dreams Come TrueSteve Novotney April 2, 2017George Strager was the man’s name, and he was a football mastermind who is considered an Upper Ohio Valley legend,...
Baseball in Wheeling – Chapter 1Steve Novotney March 31, 2017Editor’s Note: This is the first chapter of a series of stories that will focus on the history of the...
Grandma’s Illness Inspires Granddaughter’s CareerSteve Novotney March 26, 2017Genevieve Adeline Margaret Sampson Luzadder. Over and over. Genevieve Adeline Margaret Sampson Luzadder. Genevieve Adeline Margaret Sampson Luzadder. Genevieve Adeline...
‘Goosetown’ Home Hidden Away in WheelingSteve Novotney March 24, 2017There was that hum of about 65,000 cars and trucks zipping east and west every day, but Jim Hangler doesn’t...
Streetscaping Project Set for Wheeling’s DowntownSteve Novotney March 22, 2017“Walkability.” By now the term is widely known, and the definition is simply, “a better environment in which to walk.”...
Marketing Strategist Eager To Show Her HandSteve Novotney March 21, 2017She watched it and enjoyed what she witnessed, and that is why Alex Weld finds herself in the middle of...
Baseball in Wheeling: An IntroductionSteve Novotney March 18, 2017(Editor’s Note: This introduction is the first entry of a series of stories that will focus on the history of...
Native Artist Goes Global with ‘Trash Doves’Steve Novotney March 17, 2017Syd Weiler didn’t pay much attention to the pigeons she encountered when walking the streets of Wellsburg as a high...
There’s No Debate About 38 StraightSteve Novotney March 12, 2017It was the l-o-n-g-e-s-t dinner in the history of award dinners, but at least for some the extended wait began...
Memories of Monkeys at Wheeling ParkSteve Novotney March 10, 2017They threw their poop at people. It’s true. It happened. Those monkeys and their poo-flipping at visitors at Wheeling Park...
Design Plan Vital For Wheeling RenaissanceSteve Novotney March 9, 2017It is true that the Health Plan project within the 1100 block of downtown Wheeling is the first privately funded...
Wheeling Hills Alive With Fitness VenuesSteve Novotney March 5, 2017It’s a city surrounded by the rolling hills of the Appalachia Mountains, and one employee of the city of Wheeling...
Tales of a Trail from Wheeling PathfindersSteve Novotney March 3, 2017It was a shortcut for kids from both sides of the “The Path,” and it transported us to different worlds...
Wheeling Native Finds Happiness In DubaiSteve Novotney March 1, 2017She was raised on South Huron Street on Wheeling Island as a member of the Chaney family, reared as a...
Stobbs Shares Memories of Wheeling DownsSteve Novotney February 25, 2017He was a kid whose father was very involved with the local horseracing industry and whose mother didn’t much approve...
Anonymous Donation Improves Homeless HealthcareSteve Novotney February 24, 2017For 10 years they have ventured out to hillsides, creek shores, and abandoned buildings to find the homeless in the...
W.A.T.C.H. Benefitting from ‘Show of Hands’ WinSteve Novotney February 22, 2017What they knew for sure was that W.A.T.C.H. wanted to build a greenhouse to expand upon skill development opportunities for...
Colaianni Reshaping Wheeling’s DowntownSteve Novotney February 19, 2017He was an unusual student at The Linsly School and not just because he had a hard hat and construction...
Wharf Demolition Was Necessary for Wheeling ProgressSteve Novotney February 17, 2017The catfish were hugely scary when hooked near one of the pier supports of Wheeling’s Wharf Parking Garage, and that...
Artworks Around Town A Centre Market AttractionSteve Novotney February 16, 2017Not many of the visitors entering the north market house from the 22nd Street entrance walk to the Soup Shack...
Forgotten Wheeling – The Manchester AreaSteve Novotney February 11, 2017It rests in plain sight but most Wheeling area residents are not aware the Manchester neighborhood still sits secluded on...
Ihlenfeld Managing New Firm in WheelingSteve Novotney February 10, 2017Following his six years serving as United States Attorney for West Virginia’s Northern District, Bill Ihlenfeld has opted to continue...
Main Street Structures Eyed for RedevelopmentSteve Novotney February 8, 2017There were a bar, a small apartment on the second level, and a beauty salon on the third floor inside...
Massive Budget Hole Faces Local LegislatorsSteve Novotney February 5, 2017“Broke and divided.” Those three words could be how West Virginia Governor Jim Justice describes the Mountain State at this...
Toriseva Tees Off on Watchdog NetworkSteve Novotney February 3, 2017By day she is one of West Virginia’s most respected trial attorneys, and now, in the early evening during the...
Aggie Football in Focus for Wheeling’s Elijah BellSteve Novotney January 30, 2017He could always catch the ball no matter what uniform he was wearing. Elijah Bell was a Little Patriot, and...
The Life And Death Of ‘Suicide Hill’Steve Novotney January 27, 2017It was cut into the hillside to link the village of Bethlehem to the city of Wheeling and the bridge...
Woodsdale Students Code Robots to VictorySteve Novotney January 26, 2017Pictured above Left to Right: Campbell Koegler, Alex Taylor, Grant Kenamond, Kathryn Prather, Max Hill Four of these five fifth graders...
Nelson Nailed Her Niche In WheelingSteve Novotney January 24, 2017What she did know was that she wanted to return to Wheeling following her college career. What Susie Nelson didn’t...
Ohio Valley Native Survives Mexico ShootingSteve Novotney January 21, 2017It was a rare moment when they weren’t together during this trip to Mexico or any other the couple has...
Wheeling’s Playgrounds Focus for MestrovicSteve Novotney January 20, 2017It’s a piece of the most important puzzle, Jesse Mestrovic realizes, and that is why this driven young man is...
Journalist Finds Home, Happiness In East WheelingSteve Novotney January 15, 2017She loves, and not only her husband and their children and not just her folks and his folks and all...
Wheeling Park Ice Rink Holds Warm MemoriesSteve Novotney January 14, 2017There were those cruises from Rax to DiCarlo’s or from Hardee’s to McDonald’s and the rides to Wilson Lodge’s arcade...
The History of Wheeling’s Vineyard HillsSteve Novotney January 12, 2017Hallucinations. Ultimately, they are what spelled the end of the vineyard atop Wheeling Hill, a 31-acre patch of Concord and...
